Coal Bin Check-Up Warns of Winter Shortages
A newspaper warning urges homeowners to order coal now as factories run at 90 percent capacity and war production peaks approach. Delaying orders risks being sidelined for faster wartime shipments, leaving households with cold periods and higher prices when winter hits. Strong entities include Uncle Sam, American industry, and wartime production.
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Hitler
Stooges
Mr Jones
Mr Slopolk
Andy Tardie
U. S
Uncle Sam
War Production board moves to speed coal conversion of oil burners
The War Production board allows assembly of small stokers from on hand materials as part of a broader study led by W. W. Tim mis, urging timely coal conversion to support wartime efficiency. The piece urges homeowners to prepare for winter, inspect heating systems, and reduce fuel waste to aid national efforts.
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War Production Board
W. W. Timmis
Fuel User Pledge for Efficient Heating Practices
A set of nine guidelines urges homeowners to conserve heat and fuel. It covers keeping heating systems clean and inspected, making necessary repairs, reducing heat loss, learning proper operation, preventing smoke, avoiding improper temperatures, and ordering fuel early to prevent shortages.
Coal and oil production trends in the United States
The latest figures show 51,887,885 tons of coal mined and 16,456,928 tons exported in 1940 with Canada receiving most anthracite. Coke output reached 273,832,410 tons while employment declined from 784,621 in 1920 to 543,200 in 1940. Oil production rose overall, with 1,351,847,000 barrels in 1940 valued at 1.352 billion dollars, despite a price drop. The United States produced over half the oil marketed in 1940, Russia ranking second.
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Canada
United States
Russia
U S Life Depicted by Old Light Fixtures Exhibit at Cooper Union
Two hundred years of American life are shown through nearly 100 eighteenth and nineteenth century lighting appliances and over 250 samplers at a Cooper Union Museum exhibit. The display includes international needlework, American samplers, wallpapers, textiles, jewelry, metalwork, and pottery along with architectural sketches by Whitney Warren and Morris tile designs. A rare pair of Belgian glazed pottery figurines is also featured.
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Cooper Union Museum For the Arts
Cooper Union
Whitney Warren
William Morris
Morris
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